Sam Allardyce had the last laugh on West Ham’s owners as their team sealed a last-gasp route into the Premier League.

Ricardo
Vaz Te struck just three minutes from the end at Wembley to send the
­Hammers up. And the jubilant West Ham manager Allardyce said: “It is 49
games and the first time we have won in the last few minutes all
season.

“David Sullivan is ­always going on at me saying ‘Why
don’t we ever win a game in the last minute’ and now we have, so I am
sure him and David Gold will be very happy.”

Big Sam Slam

Sam
Allardyce hit out at the West Ham fans who did not believe in him as
the club celebrated promotion back to the Premier League.
Ricardo Vaz Te fired home the winner with three minutes left at Wembley.
But
Allardyce said: “You get criticised everywhere. There is a small
minority of West Ham fans who make themselves heard, but the majority
are behind us.”

87 mins - GOAL! VAZ TE! Nolan gets free
down the left and puts in a cross that takes a slight deflection. Cole
battles and the ball comes back off Gilks. There is Vaz Te to coolly
lift the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards.

48 mins - GOAL! Oh dear oh dear. Cole
needlessly gives the ball away on halfway. The diagonal ball is similar
to Taylor's from Matt Phillips. Ince gets in behind Reid and finishes
low across Green and into the net. Good finish. Avoidable goal.

Captain Kevin Nolan celebrates with Carlton Cole

Carlton Cole scores the opening goal at Wembley

35 mins - GOAL! COLE! Taylor creates it
by winning a challenge and making it down the left. His initial pass is
cut out, but he collects the ball after it ricochets off Martinez. The
No14 lifts a pass over Evatt for Cole, who controls superbly with his
right foot before steering the shot past Gilks from seven yards. West
Ham lead at Wembley!

Welcome to Wembley! How good does that sound?!

After 31 years, the Hammers are back at the Home of
Football for this afternoon's npower Championship Play-Off final between
Sam Allardyce's side and Blackpool.

West Ham will battle Ian Holloway's Tangerines for the
richest prize in football - a place in the Barclays Premier League.